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Video recording of talk
Recording of a Morris Federation session on “Yoga for Morris Dancers” by Carla Wilson held on Zoom on 28 April 2024.
The video lasts for 1 hour.
Video
Abstract
An online workshop, hosted by Carla Wilson, a qualified yoga teacher and member of Slubbing Billy’s North West Morris.
This yoga session for Morris dancers includes: a warm-up that can be used as a warm-up before dancing; practices for strengthening the core (a stronger core takes pressure off the knees) and improving balance (always good for dancing); stretches for the backs of legs (to help get higher kicks and as a counterbalance to using leg muscles for dancing which can result in tight hamstrings); and finally a relaxation with mindfulness (good for everybody – Morris dancer or not!). Please wear loose or stretchy clothes, and have something reasonably comfortable to lie on such as carpet, rug or folded blanket, or a yoga mat of course.
Additional resources
Links to related resources:
- Event details
- Review of the event
For basic warm-ups at the start of practice, and cool down afterwards, see the short video: https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/2020/04/14/warming-up/ (7 mins) with an associated publication at: https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MF-warmup-cooldown-factsheet-1808.pdf
Speaker biography
I am a North West Morris dancer and qualified yoga instructor. I have been dancing for about 6 years and practising yoga for about 18 years, completing a yoga teacher training course in India in 2006.
Summary
- Title: Yoga for Morris Dancers
- Speaker: Carla Wilson
- Facilitator: Pauline Woods-Wilson
- Type: demonstration
- Date of talk: 28 April 2024
- Date page published: 18 May 2024
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